“Lassiter” quotes

(1984)
Movie Lassiter
Title Lassiter
Year 1984
Director Roger Young
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Action
All actors – Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Bob Hoskins, Joe Regalbuto, Ed Lauter, Warren Clarke, Edward Peel, Paul Antrim, Christopher Malcolm, Barrie Houghton, Peter Skellern
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  • “- Nick Lassiter: You going shooting?
    - Kari Von Fursten: It's not shooting, it's killing. The birds are driven; there is no sport.
    - Nick Lassiter: Why shoot them?
    - Kari Von Fursten: I like to kill them. Don't you?
    - Nick Lassiter: Yes, but with a club while someone holds them down.”

    Tom Selleck - Nick Lassiter
    Lauren Hutton - Kari Von Fursten
    [Tag:hunting, killing]
  • “- Peter Breeze: Besides, we're gonna be in this war, soon, pull your own weight.
    - Nick Lassiter: I'm standing in a frame, Breeze, you're gonna wrap me in the flag, too.”

    Joe Regalbuto - Peter Breeze
    Tom Selleck - Nick Lassiter
    [Tag:safety, war]
  • “- Nick Lassiter: Why do you do that?
    - Sara Wells: What?
    - Nick Lassiter: Eat my food.
    - Sara Wells: I like it better.
    - Nick Lassiter: If you wanted the chicken, why didn't you order it?
    - Sara Wells: I didn't, I wanted the veal.
    - Nick Lassiter: Then why eat off my plate?
    - Sara Wells: This way, I can have both!”

    Tom Selleck - Nick Lassiter
    Jane Seymour - Sara Wells
  • “I like London. You know I did my research before I came. I came because I found out it was my kind of town. I mean the cops don't carry guns. Now the cops still try and chase the bad guys; but they don't find it necessary to kill him when they catch him. I call that civilized. That's one of the reasons I left New York to come here.”
    Ed Lauter - Smoke
  • “- Nick Lassiter: What happens if they catch me? You gonna bring on the cavalry?
    - Peter Breeze: Well... if they catch you in the embassy there's nothing we can do. That embassy is Germany, you might as well be in Berlin.”

    Tom Selleck - Nick Lassiter
    Joe Regalbuto - Peter Breeze
    [Tag:country, police]
  • “- Nick Lassiter: Tell me about Berlin.
    - Kari Von Fursten: Berlin... for me it is the only city. Well Shanghai can be pretty interesting.”

    Tom Selleck - Nick Lassiter
    Lauren Hutton - Kari Von Fursten
    [Tag:china, city, germany]
  • “Cooperate and you're a free man, Lassiter. Cross me and you'll do twenty hard years.”
    Bob Hoskins - Inspector John Becker
  • “- Nick Lassiter: That information can only come from one source; you got a man inside!
    - Inspector John Becker: We had a man inside.
    - Nick Lassiter: They killed him, right?
    - Inspector John Becker: If it was going to be easy, I'd get my missus to do it.”

    Tom Selleck - Nick Lassiter
    Bob Hoskins - Inspector John Becker
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